Geri Kephart(Guest)

also has no roof. well it did until it collapsed three years ago. you can see mold on the inside of the living room window. owners are in Virginia and could care less. We (a few concerned neighbors) called L&I 2 years ago and all they did was board it up.

I want to...

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This house was under construction and then got a stop order. It's been abandoned for years, and people occasionally break into it. The door is only being held on by a padlock, and the side door is badly boarded up.

Call 311, report the house, tell them that you want the issue forwarded to L&I, and get a ticket number for your request so you can follow-up.

L&I has a new "windows and doors" ordinance that allows them to fine property owners $300/day for each boarded window and door. This is a potent new weapon against deadbeat property owners so you should definitely get this property on the radar screen.

311 does monitor this website, but when you call you can get a ticket/report number which you can use to follow-up. That is important.

I don't know what L&I's backlog is at the moment, so I'm not sure how quickly they will move on it, but this is a relatively new initiative, so the time is right for calling this in

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There is a deep ditch where a construction crew had performed work and failed to fill it in. The ditch has deteriorated significantly since. Cars that pass over it scratch the undercarriage of the vehicle. The sharp edge of the ditch may puncture tires as well.
The city posted up No Parking signs for four days and still did not fill it in. That was almost a week ago. Now it is almost double the depth as it was before. Vehicles still park on the side that gives no extra room to go around it, only through.

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Between 906 Ellsworth St. and the garage closest to the corner there is an abandoned house. It shelter quite a few homeless people. This place has become a haven for drug use, prostitution, and violence. This place needs to be boarded up immediately! It is also smells terrible and the urination and defecation in the street needs to stop now! What a nice neighborhood it's a shame nothing has been done up to this point.

To enter a ticket for Licenses and Inspections, we would need the exact address of the property. To report illegal activity at this property, you can contract the District Attorney's Nuisance Task Force Unit at 215-686-5858. Thank you. (mb)

No inspection sticker on this car - it's from Virginia. However, will the city also tow it if the vehicle registration is expired (e.g., the date sticker on the license plate)? It expired in Jan. 2011.